This page highlights notable accomplishments and activities of current students –  including clinic cases, honors, awards, student events, media mentions, books published, fellowships received, and community service.  If you are a current student, we encourage you to submit story ideas and photos for inclusion on this page. If you have recently published an op-ed, were cited or quoted in the media, or published a paper, please tell us about it here. Student prizes are awarded annually.

Justin Cole ’23, Alaa Hachem ’24, Matei Alexianu ’23, Thomas Poston ’24, and Ali Hakim ’24 outdoors with buildings and trees behind

Yale Law School's 2023 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition team: from left, Justin Cole ’23, Alaa Hachem ’24, Matei Alexianu ’23, Thomas Poston ’24, and Ali Hakim ’24. The team advanced to the international stage of the tournament in April, finishing in the top 16.

Friday, May 5, 2023

Team Finishes in Top 16 at Worldwide Moot Court Competition

Two students earned prizes for oral arguments in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, where Yale Law School's team was one of two top U.S. finishers

State Capitol building in Hartford

The State Capitol building in Hartford, Connecticut. Gov. Ned Lamont removed the chair of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and in April announced an indefinite suspension in commutations altogether.

Friday, May 5, 2023

Clinic Mobilizes to Confront Suspension in Commutations

Students in the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic (CMIC) have responded to a pause in commutations by the state of Connecticut with multipronged efforts to build a coalition of local and national advocates to defend the commutation process.

Friday, May 5, 2023

The Legal Authority to Create a Special Tribunal — A Commentary by Oona Hathaway ’97 et al.

Just Security

Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School. Maggie Mills ’24 and Heather Zimmerman ’23 are students at Yale Law School.

participants in the 2023 Barristers’ Union Prize Trial

From left to right: Maria Mendoza ’25, Sarah Shapiro ’25, Scott Hartman ’10, Nola Heller ’04, Judge Ronnie Abrams ’93, Dani James ’95, Remington Hill ’25, and Sahil Alim ’25.

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Barristers’ Union Prize Trial Finalists Argue Insider Trading Case

The 2023 Barristers’ Union Prize Trial took place on April 20, the first fully in-person Prize Trial since 2019.

Two Yale Law School students — the daughters of parents who immigrated to the United States from Somalia and India, respectively — have been named 2023 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Philsan Isaak ’25 and Shyamala Ramakrishna ’24

Philsan Isaak ’25 and Shyamala Ramakrishna ’24 have received Soros Fellowships to support their graduate studies.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Two Students Receive 2023 Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Two Yale Law School students — the daughters of parents who immigrated to the United States from Somalia and India, respectively — have been named 2023 recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

DeMaurice Smith teaching his class

Visiting Lecturer in Law DeMaurice “De” Smith, executive director of the National Football League Players Association, taught Law, Leadership, and Ethics in Sports Leagues at the Law School this spring.

Monday, April 24, 2023

The Rules of the Game

Two spring term classes use sports as a prism to delve into the ethical, philosophical, and leadership topics that undergird legal practice and systems.

A group of head-and-shoulders portraits, arranged in two rows on a blue background

Recipients of 2022-23 Bernstein and Robina International Human Rights Fellowships, clockwise from top left: Kyra Blas ’23, Simon Engler ’23, Raaya Gomez ’22, Dianne Lake ’21, Milagros Mutsios ’22 LLM, Porter Nenon ’23, and Carolyn O’Connor ’19.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Seven New Fellows Will Work in Human Rights

The Shell Center has announced that seven Yale Law students and recent graduates will receive Bernstein and Robina Fellowships for the 2023-24 academic year. Both support work in human rights.

Three students holding up poster-sized documents with photos and charts

Yale Law School's team for the National Trial Competition — from left, Ryanne Bamieh ’23, head coach Nat Warner ’21, and Nick Barile ’23 — pose with exhibits from this year's case. The team took won the regional title and represented the New York region at national finals in San Antonio, Texas. Photo: Texas Young Lawyers Association

Monday, April 10, 2023

YLS Team Wins National Trial Competition Regional Title

The team took home a regional medal after the National Trial Competition finals in San Antonio, Texas.

a sign saying "Welcome to K2"

Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, better known as K2, in Uzbekistan. Veterans' advocacy groups have sued the Department of Defense seeking disclosure of records documenting toxic conditions at the base.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Clinic Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Toxic Conditions at Uzbek Air Base

The Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School represents plaintiffs in a case seeking records of toxic conditions at an air base in Uzbekistan affecting American troops who served there.

Monday, April 3, 2023

Lawsuit Seeks Records of Toxic Exposures at Uzbek Air Base

The Associated Press

The Veterans Legal Services Clinic has filed a lawsuit on behalf of veterans groups seeking records of toxic conditions blamed for sickening U.S. service members at an air base in Uzbekistan.

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